Oechsner, Frederick Cable 1902-

Frederick Cable Oechsner (1902-1992), born in New Orleans, was educated at Tulane University as a lawyer, but instead became a journalist, consul, intelligence official, and author. He was the son of prominent New Orleans physician John Frederick Oechsner (1868-1926) and Caroline Kinne Cable Oechsner (d. 1963). His mother was a niece of Louisiana writer, George Washington Cable. During World War II, F. C. Oechsner and other journalists were held by the Germans for six months until they were released as part of a prisoner exchange. He was the primary author of: This is the enemy, published in 1942. He joined the Office of Strategic Services, and was appointed director of psychological warfare under President Eisenhower. He served as principal officer at the consulate in Monterrey, Mexico, 1956-1958. Frederick C. Oechsner eventually retired with his wife in Florida, and lived to the age of 89.